Showing up is good enough

I volunteer to gain experiences and (to fail in) networking.  I tend to be that volunteer who doesn't do much.  A lot of volunteers are very enthusiastic and show a lot of initiative.  As a result, I have to move out of their way.

Some organizations have more than enough volunteers while other do not.  I have manned volunteer positions where I was the ONLY volunteer before.  I hope my help was appreciated when I was the only person dealing with the situation. 

Showing up is good enough because if you volunteer for a whole year and you are suppose to show up once a week and people see that you do that, they can at least say you are reliable.  You are someone who would show up and sit and wait.  I say this because I had the privilege to help someone by just sitting at an office.  I was expecting it to be another boring day with no one needing my help.  Well, that  fine day was no ordinary day because  someone did show up.  The office had just me, a directory and an office phone.  If I was not there that day to open the door, there would have been no simplycandee, no phone and no office for that person to turn to.